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Government Performance Project
A Project of the Pew Center on the States
The Pew Center on the States (PCS) identifies and advances policy solutions to critical issues facing the states, in part through the work of its Government Performance Project. For almost a decade, Pew, Governing magazine and a group of academics have collaborated on this project to assess the quality of management in state government. PCS has provided the resources for both in-depth reporting and academic research to measure state performance in core areas. PCS is an operating division of the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The mission of the Government Performance Project is to improve service to the public by strengthening government policy and performance. The project systematically evaluates how well states manage employees, budgets and finance, and information — as well as ensuring that roads, bridges and state buildings are well planned and in good repair. A focus on these critical areas helps ensure that states' policy decisions and practices actually deliver their intended outcomes. The information, in turn, helps state policy makers understand the steps they can take and the policy changes they can make to strengthen government performance.
Through research and analysis, such as this 2008 State Management Report Card, PCS provides continuing management assessments and tools to solve problems and improve performance. This year, in addition to the information published exclusively by Governing, the Project offers additional information online at pewcenteronthestates.org/gpp. These reports feature key recommendations to policy makers on how to manage better, as well as links to best practices in implementing those recommendations. The Project is exploring new partnerships with policy makers and private-sector leaders to pursue innovative solutions in support of these shared goals.
Project Staff
Susan K. Urahn, Managing Director, Pew Center on the States
Katherine Barrett, Senior Consultant
Richard Greene, Senior Consultant
Neal C. Johnson, Director, Government Performance Project
Amy Edwards, Senior Associate, Government Performance Project
Michele Mariani Vaughn, Senior Associate
Michael Blanding, Consulting Reporter
Brian Rogal, Consulting Reporter
Anne Ruffner Edwards, Consulting Editor
Edward J. Finkel, Consulting Editor
Julia Eddy, Administrative Assistant
Richard Silver, Administrative Assistant
Kil Huh, Manager, Pew Center on the States
Ann Cloke, Administrative Assistant
Melissa Maynard, Governing magazine Project Reporter
Will Wilson, Governing magazine Project Reporter
Researchers: Jennifer Calantone, Heather Kleba, Mark Wellborn, Laura Young
Research Partners
MONEY
Katherine Willoughby, Ph.D.Georgia State University
Graduate Assistants: Sarah Arnett, David Guo, Tanya Smilley, Andrea Klug, Seong Soo Oh, David Trice
PEOPLE
Sally Selden, Ph.D., Lynchburg College
Graduate Assistants: Marni Fogelson-Teel, Joe Orenstein, Colin Turcotte, Robert Wooters
INFRASTRUCTURE
Michael A. Pagano, Ph.D.University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduate Assistants: Wan-Ling Huang, Benedict Jimenez, Kamna Lal, Kristina Wallig
INFORMATION
Philip Joyce, Ph. D., The George Washington University
Graduate Assistants: Victoria Bruce, MacKenzie Hawkey, Saurabh Lall, Alice Levy, Katie Logisz, Robin McLaughry